Tom Elias’ column on the Proposition 6 gas tax repeal initiative was wrong on so many levels, and the record must be set straight.

First, the Yes on Prop. 6 gas tax repeal campaign has been clear that our initiative will repeal the recently enacted gas and car tax hikes — saving the typical family of four more than $700 a year in unnecessary taxes. That’s not mere pennies per gallon — it is real money for Californians who are already struggling with a sky-high cost-of-living.

Second, Elias fails to tell readers that the Yes on Prop. 6 campaign has a better alternative solution to fixing the roads without a tax hike. In fact, prior to the latest gas tax hike, Californians already paid some of the highest gas taxes in the nation.

Unfortunately, the politicians continue to divert the money from roads and what little money is left is wasted. Our alternative solution fixes that problem with a real citizens lock box — not a phony one written by politicians.

Elias should have done his homework, but he didn’t. We urge you to do your homework by getting the facts at GasTaxRepeal.org.

While Northrop Grumman certainly deserves the bulk of the blame, NASA and Congress also have some culpability here.

On large projects such as this, it should be routine/mandatory to have interim project reviews whereby an independent project manager assesses the project scope, cost, schedule and quality status against the original objectives. On a project of this magnitude, the reviews should be held quarterly and could be accomplished for less than $100,000 per review.

— David Bentley, Rolling Hills Estates

It’s not Obamacare

Referring to the Affordable Care Act as Obamacare is the wrong nickname. It should now be called Trumpcare because the new tax bill, sponsored by Republicans (and Trump) with zero Democratic support, eliminated the individual mandate. This changed the whole risk pool, which raised costs. Obama had nothing to do with this.